Apple-paring machine.



W. R. PHILLIPS.

APPLE PARING MACHINE.

APPLIoATloN FILED APR. z5, 1907.

954,340. Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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APPLE PARING MACHINE.

W. R. PHILLIPS.

APPLE PARING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 25, `1907.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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W. R. PHILLPS. APPLE PARING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED AP11-25, 1907.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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WILLIAM R. PHILLIPS, 0F TRENTON, NE'W JERSEY.

APPLE-PARING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM R. PHILLrrs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApple-Paling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to iniprovements in machines for slicing and paringfruit of a certain kind, as apples, pears, peaches, and the like, aswell as for coring the same, also for peeling and slicing potatoes.

Said invention has for its object to secure the aforesaid results in asimple and effective manner and to promote simplicity, as well as tocheapen manufacture.

It therefore consists of sundry features or instrumentalitiessubstantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and specifically pointedout by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention- Figure l is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 2 is an oppositeside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View thereof, and Fig. l isa sectional elevation produced transversely through the machine. Fig. 5is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view,taken from the underside of the guide-bar. Fig. 7 is a detachedperspective view of the knife carriage. Fig. 8 is a view showing themachine equipped for the treatment of vegetables as potatoes for slicingthe same.

In carrying out my invention, I mount the operative parts thereof upon asuitable f ame or casting l adapted for retention in rigid position atany convenient point as will be readily understood.

A screw or worm shaft 2 suitably journaled in position and intergearedas at 3 with a crank or handle is equipped with an interiorly toothedgear-wheel il. Said shaft has mounted so as to travel thereon a carriage5, the latter having alining openings with a sleeve G between saidopenings for the passage through the same of said shaft but not havingscrew-threaded engagement therewith. Said carriage has a downwardextension 7 having in its lower end a notch receiving anedgewise-arranged rib er rail 8 integral with the frame or casting l forthe effective guidance and stability of said carriage. Also saidcarriage .is equipped with, and carries a paring knife 9 preferably ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1907.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910. Serial No. 370,283.

the construction disclosed, comprising a flat surfaced block or head l0rounded at its forward edge, and a curved edgcwise-arrangcd blade l lhaving its ends suitably secured to said head by a screw-bolt andconformable to the rounded forward edge thereof but outstanding from thelatter sufficiently for effecting the paring of the fruit as it isjuxtaposed thereto in the usual way. A stem or rod l2, to which saidblock or head is held by a set-screw 13, has a right-angled lowerend-portion pivoted in an aperture in the corresponding portion of theextension 7 of the carriage 5; and said stem or rod l2 is controlhid bypreferably two helical or coiled springs 1.1L connected thereto and tosaid carriage, holding said stem forcibly against the latter and theknife in effective position. Said stem or rod is also equipped with acam projection l5 extending in under the top-plate of the carriage 5,the function of which will be made apparent later.

A handle-equipped dog 16 suitably pivoted to and carried by the carriage5, has its effective inner portion adapted for engagement with the screwshaft 2, also with a guide or holding bar later described, said dogbeing, however, normally held automatically out of such engagement withthe parts noted by the action of a preferably coiled spring 17. Saidspring is adapted to exert downward pressure upon the outer arm of saiddog for that purpose, it receiving at its upper end a stud or pendant 18of said dog and receiving at its lower end an upstanding terminal of aplate or bracket 19 held preferably by a bolt or screw to the undersideof the carriage 5. The dog 16 has an integral lateral extension or arm20 for engagement with the cam-projection 15 on the rod 12 for affectingthe action of the paring knife as will be later' seen. The carriage hasconnected thereto in any suitable way one end of a preferably coiled orhelical spring 2l, connected at its opposite end preferably to athumbscrew 22 threaded into the frame l and which may serve forcompensating tension of the spring as required, said spring beingdesigned to provide for automatically returning the carriage to itsinitial position after performing its forward movement as will presentlyappear. A stop 23 preferably in the form of an edgewisedisposed plateremovably held upon the rear end upright of the frame l and having aright-angled or bent portion equipped with a cushion or buffer 24, isadapted to reduce the concussion which would otherwise occur and arrestthe return movement of the carriage as the spring 2l delivers its stressor pressure upon the latter.

A preferably tubular rod or mandrel 25 capable of reciprocating is heldin an upper end tubular bracket 26 of the rear end upright of the frame1; and into the forward end of said rod or mandrel may be screwed orheld either a tubular corer 27, or a pin 28, as it may be desired tocore fruit, as an apple or the like, or support a vegetable as a potatofor treatment, as in slicing the same. A brace or rod 29 has one endhooked into an aperture in the top-plate of the knife-carriage 5 and itsupper end provided with an upstanding eye-ended terminal adapted toallow the insertion through it of the eXtension of the corer 27, or ofthe pin 28, whichever may be desired for use, in connecting either ofthese latter to the mandrel 25, said rod or brace thus serving to eectconnection between said mandrel, carrying said corer or pin, and theknifecarriage.

A push-off 80, consisting of a bent, edgewise-arranged plate, isremovably held at its rear end laterally upon the bracket 26 of the rearend upright of the frame 1, with its bent or lateral forward end portionrounded out and adapted to provide for the passage therethrough of thecorer 27 as the latter is connected to the mandrel 25 as will be readilyunderstood.

.A preferably tri-bladed or winged holder 31 effective for stabbing andholding the fruit for treatment, is arranged at the opposite or forwardend of the machine, the -same terminating one end of a shaft or spindle32 suitably journaled in that end upright, which spindle or sha-ft isdriven by a pinion 33 fixed thereon and meshing with the internaltoothed wheel 4L as the latter is actuated as is obvious.

A guide-bar 34 is suitably fixed to, and offset laterally from the frame1, oppositely to, and so as to allow of the engagement therewith of theeXtreme inner or lower end of the dog 16, said bar having in itsunderside, near the edge neXt to the dog and con- Y tiguous to itsforward end, an upward curved cam groove 35 opposed to which is aguardplate 8G fixed to the underside of said guidebar. Also just forwardof said cam-groove is a notch 37 indenting laterally said guidebar.Again, indenting said guide-bar laterally, along the same edge, at apoint which will allow the escape of the point or extreme inner end ofthe dog when the knife-carriage has reached the end of its returnmovement, is a recess or slot 38, which, when desired, may be filled-inor closed by a set-screw held slide or closure 39 as when it may bedesired to shorten or lengthen the travel or retum movement of theknife-carriage; in that event an additional recess or slot as at 40being provided in said edge of said guide-bar for the escape of thepoint of said dog.

It will be noted that, when the knifecarriage 5 has moved, in itsforward travel, so that the point of said doo' will ride up into thecam-groove 35 anc during such movement, the knife will move inwardfo-llowing the act-ion of the arm 20, and thereby treating the butt ofthe apple around the stem-portion, said point of dog then passing out ofsaid groove and accordingly downward and forward bringing the knife backto initial position. 'The point of said dog will finally escape upwardout throigh the notch 87 to the upper side of the guidebar, when theaction of the spring controlling the dog will have disengaged it (thedog) from the screw-shaft, thus allowing the sending of theknife-carriage back to its starting point for a like operation. l/Vhenthe knife-carriage has moved to the eXtreme limit of its forwardmovement the corer, it will be noted, will have penetrated clear throughthe fruit thus decoring it, and that, when the carriage makes its returntransit, the fruit thus pared and decored will be brought into forciblecontact with the push-off, since the latter will stand just suflicientlyin rear of the forward end of the corer to be thus acted upon andprovide for automatically ejecting or pushing the fruit olf said corer.

Vhen it may be desired to treat or slice and peel potatoes, the variousparts used in treating fruit as above noted are dismantled and themachine organized as disclosed by F ig. 8, the knife l1 with the lateralpoint 42 substituting t-he previously used paring knife and the slide 39screwed into such position as to fill-in or close the slot or recess 38,as indicated.

It will be appreciated that this machine is simple in construct-ion,readily and advant-ageously operated and cheaply manufactured.

I claim- 1. A device as described, comprising a knife-'equippedcarriage, a spring controlled dog carried by said carriage, a guide-barin engagement with one end of said dog, a screw-shaft engaging said dog,said dog having its handle-member provided with an` arm engaging acam-projection upon the knife stem, a spring for controlling themovement of the knife stem, said guide-bar being adapted to coperatiewith said dog for effecting the aforesaid engagement between said armand said cam-projection to cause said knife to perform a curvingmovement just before the knife-carriage reaches the limit of its forwardmovement.

2. In an apple paringimachine, the combination with a frame, of a screwshaft mounted thereon, a carriage mounted on the shaft, a springcontrolled dog on the carriage, a guide bar adapted to engage the doo'for throwing it into engagement with the Screw shaft, a knife mounted onthe carriage, and means for rotatingthe screw shaft whereby the carriageis moved and the knife caused to engage the fruit.

3. A device as described, comprising a knife-carriage having aspring-controlled dog provided with an arm effecting engagement with acam-projection upon the knifestem, a Spring for controlling the movementof ythe knife stem, a screw-shaft for transmitt-ing movement throughsaid dog to said carriage, a tripping guidebar for said dog, and aspring for controlling the return movement of said carriage, and meansfor actuating said shaft.

4. A device as described, comprising a knife-carriage equipped with aspring-controlled dog, a spring for controlling the return movement ofsaid carriage, a screwshaft, means for actuating said shaft, a slidingmandrel, a push-olf fixed with relation to said mandrel, a corer carriedby said mandrel, means effecting fixed connection between said carriageand said mandrel, a guide-bar being equipped with a camgroove forengagement with `the point of said dog and having a closure-controlledslot or recess for the escape of the point of said dog therethrough,said dog being provided with means for controlling the action of theknife carried by said carriage.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. PHILLIPS. IVitnesses:

J. T. TAMPLE, C. C. HAVEN.

